| Fishing as we know it is a way of catching aquatic | | | | Kite fishing |
| animals for food and for monetary purposes. This | | | | This technique was said to have been started in |
| process may involve different methods or techniques. | | | | China but is now being practiced in some countries |
| These techniques would greatly depend upon the | | | | like Papua New Guinea, Melbourne, New Zealand and |
| fisherman, his available resources and the situation | | | | some Pacific islands. The process involves a kite with |
| that he is into. The end though would always justify | | | | a line and hooks. The advantage of this style is to |
| the means. Listed below are some basic fishing | | | | keep the fisherman ashore. This may be good for |
| techniques and styles which involve minimal materials | | | | those without boats. Those who have boats |
| and are commonly used around the world with some | | | | sometimes do kite fishing to fish in some parts of |
| techniques however done only in some countries in | | | | the sea where it is dangerous to bring the boat due |
| relation with tradition. | | | | to massive coral existence or shallow waters. Modern |
| Hand fishing | | | | kite fishers use big and synthetic kites hand held or |
| This style involves minimal equipments; obviously, the | | | | attached in sleds. |
| main equipment here would be the fisherman's hands. | | | | Line fishing |
| Pearl divers catch oysters with their bare hands. | | | | This style is the most common fishing practice. This |
| Crabs and lobsters are also sometimes caught by | | | | method is also called angling. Lines are attached to |
| hand. In some parts of the British Isles there is this | | | | hooks with baits. This is common to sport fishing, |
| process called trout tickling. This process gets as | | | | although other dorms and variations of this style, line |
| literal as it sounds. The fisherman tickles the trout's | | | | fishing still remains to be one of the most effective |
| under belly making it go in a mesmerized state | | | | techniques. |
| making it possible for the fisherman to catch the fish | | | | Fishing will always remain as one of the basic forms |
| and throw it in dry land or a fish container. Hand line | | | | of hunting. The techniques listed above are limited to |
| fishing is an old technique which is still common today. | | | | the most basic practice of fishing. As simple as it is, |
| This involves a fishing line with weight and hooks | | | | each of these techniques never failed to satisfy |
| attached in the end of the line. The process is simple. | | | | those who practice it because the guarantee of |
| The line is pulled up and down underwater to attract | | | | catching is good. It will all then depend on the time |
| the fishes to the lures which are attached to the | | | | and the area where the fisherman would go. |
| hooks. | | | | |